The Children’s Community Nursing Team

Introduction

The leaflet aims to provide you with information about a nursing service provided to patients and their families. If you have any queries or wish to speak to a member of the team about the service please ring the telephone number provided.

What is the Children’s Community Nursing Team?

The nursing team comprises of a team of experienced children’s nurses. The team provides nursing care for children and young people in their own home or within a community setting

Why are children and young people referred to the Children’s Community Nursing Team?

Children and young people will have been referred to the nursing team for nursing support within the community setting.

Do the Children’s Community Nursing Team provide care and treatment to all patients?

The team see children and young people aged 0-16 years who have a nursing need in Liverpool, and Sefton. They also see some children in certain patient groups in Knowsley.

What are the Children’s Community Nursing Team’s aims?

• To provide a service that enables children to be nursed at home with their family or guardian.
• To reduce hospital admission and to shorten the time spent in hospital.
• To work closely with other professionals.
• To provide training to nursery staff, school staff, carers and other agencies.

When is the service available to provide care and treatment patients?

The nursing team work in shifts from 8.00am- 21.30 pm, seven days a week

Where is the Children’s Community Nursing Team based?

The nursing team have their offices in Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool

How to contact the Children’s Community Nursing Team

Please telephone: 0151 293 3593 or 0151 252 5064.

Please be aware that if staff are out on visits your call will be forwarded to an answer phone and may not be dealt with until the next working day if it is after 6.30pm.

This leaflet only gives general information. You must always discuss the individual treatment of your child with the appropriate member of staff. Do not rely on this leaflet alone for information about your child’s treatment.

This information can be made available in other languages and formats if requested.

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